Foothill Gold Line Train Testing in San Dimas! 7/10/2024

[@stephenjagla4046]

This is a great video! I was going to take some videos at Pomona, but I didn't have time. This seems like the only video of the test train.

[@PasadenaSubColin]

I think this is the only one, and likely the only of its kind as testing shifts to the night for the rest of the year. Thanks for watching!

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Great video! Glad to see testing starting with light rail trains running on the tracks!

[@PasadenaSubColin]

More to come!

[@chrispasini5870]

Until now I only Read about it in library books never thought I'd see electric train in Pomona again after Pacific electric left

[@chrispasini5870]

The return of Pacific electric

[@chrispasini5870]

First opportunity to see them in Pomona

[@SPGreg]

Interesting and a great video!

[@AMPProf]

yep..

[@METROLINKTRAINS_TDFAN2K7]

Great video of Metro foothill goldline testing.

[@ASoCalRailfanner]

Also Amazing video and even all the others too!

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

Great video i love Pomona and the vids you make it's so good i love the way you have your best catches on the train its so cool that Pomona will have its own metro and san dimas will too have its own metro its the coolest of all times i will be happy of the connecter project from Azusa to Pomona i am interested in Metros a lot its makes my exited and happy to go to pomona! Now we don't have to deal with traffic anymore!!!

[@bbartky]

I hope this isn’t cringe, but thanks for the upload! My oldest niece and her family live in San Dimas and my middle niece and her family live in La Verne so it will be great when this extension is completed.

[@PasadenaSubColin]

If anyone is cringe it’s me for chasing a metro around on a scooter with a big camera. 😂 glad to see you enjoyed and will use the extension when it’s completed, it should be open next year!

[@30yearsago24]

Happy birthday

[@Milanfanoftrains]

Great video even you haven't heart us for a while but good video 😊

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Milanfanoftrains]

@@PasadenaSubColin ur welcome😀

[@Milanfanoftrains]

​@@PasadenaSubColinof course

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Is this an extension paralleling the remaining operating section of the Pasadena subdivision operated by BNSF?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

owned, maintained, and dispatched by metrolink, BNSF is the only user

[@elliottwlucas]

This is so exciting!! I wonder how long the full A Line ride will take from Long Beach to Pomona!!

[@PasadenaSubColin]

almost 2 and a half hours

[@elliottwlucas]

@@PasadenaSubColin a very very long ride!!

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Yeah I don’t think it’s realistic for a commuter to do the full ride, but the length does give nice flexibility for mid range commutes

[@sgtdebones]

@@PasadenaSubColin Most of my family lives in Long Beach and a cousin lives in Pomona. That's the only time the full commute makes sense

[@PasadenaSubColin]

that is true, however many people would probably drive that distance if given the choice, since with no traffic that drive can be an hour or less. idk about you but i can't sit in those little seats for that long XD

[@alexanderbanos8125]

Nice video! Looks like all railroad crossings within the future A Line extension to Pomona finally have all of the plastic covers removed from the warning lights and gates from the additional railroad crossing signals (quad and pedestrian). However, the pedestrian railroad crossing signals for the Cataract and Bonita Avenue intersection railroad crossing (Metrolink/BNSF Railway owned) still have the warning lights and gates covered up in plastic. Hopefully they get removed soon since the crossing isn't LA Metro owned and has the light rail tracks crossing the intersection over a bridge.

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Yeah they’re mopping it all up at the moment. The monte vista ped crossing has no gate arms yet either

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Nice!

[@sgtdebones]

Looks like there will be 4 motorman beacons at new crossings from now on. Even the Arbor Vitae crossing by LAX/MTC on K Line got an extra 2 after it was rebuilt.

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Yeah for here it’s two mounted on one crossing gate mast for the close track, and on a small pot signal installation for the farther track

[@Coldpurplerailfans]

Hey Colin! Were you able to capture some shots from the high speed testing today?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Work in progress… stay tuned!

[@Coldpurplerailfans]

​@@PasadenaSubColinOkay!

[@PasadenaSubColin]

It is slow. Extremely slow. And hot waiting out here. lol

[@Coldpurplerailfans]

@@PasadenaSubColin yeah, there is a temp meter at my house and it says it feels like 110°F 😬

[@Coldpurplerailfans]

@@PasadenaSubColin Stay hydrated

[@Calirailfan264]

Cool! It’s opening sometime early next year?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

Summer-Fall 2025 is projected but it depends on how Metro feels about it

[@mrxman581]

​@@PasadenaSubColinI have a feeling it will be earlier. I predict it will be inaugurated for the opening of the 2025 LA County Fair in Pomona in May.

[@harutosunaa3881]

It takes that long to complete it? It looks like it’s 99% complete. Why would they need a whole year of training just for those newer tracks?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

regulations for safety. Every operator needs to be trained and have many many miles on them to be certified. This will line will be the most ridden rail route in Southern California upon opening.

[@chrisliu805]

South Gateway Line Train Testing, When?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

When I run for president

[@mrxman581]

Southeast Gateway line is supposed to open in 2034.

[@ASoCalRailfanner]

Do you still see BNSF locals pass through North Pomona? Cause I haven’t seen one pass by there in years.

[@PasadenaSubColin]

About once a week

[@ASoCalRailfanner]

Wow that’s not much

[@ASoCalRailfanner]

Also is it like any day or is it the same day?

[@PasadenaSubColin]

It varies

[@TheManny717]

Pretty soon, no more _"50-minute trips heading north from Union Station"_ anymore.

[@Railfanner109]

I heard it’s replacing metrolink😢

[@emvvehicles_8]

It’s not replacing Metrolink

[@PasadenaSubColin]

It’s not replacing Metrolink. Metrolink doesn’t even run on this corridor lol

[@sgtdebones]

@@Railfanner109 Who ever told you that is spreading misinformation

[@PasadenaSubColin]

they will have to relocate the metrolink tracks from Claremont to Montclair south in the corridor during the next extension phase, as well as completely remove and relocate the Claremont Metrolink station and heavily modify the Montclair Metrolink Station, but yeah there was no metrolink to begin with from Pomona along the old Santa Fe line via Pasadena and the current Gold Line alignment

[@AMPProf]

THAT SYSTEM IS A BIRD SHIT But WE GET NOTHING usually So we beggers and I guess should Shut up. Should be like bart